Vladimír Pikora

Vladimír Pikora (born 3 August 1977, Prague) is a Czech financial market analyst and macroeconomist. He is the chief economist in Next Finance consulting company.[1]

Vladimir Pikora in 2012

Life

Pikora graduated from the University of Economics in Prague, where he received his PhD. During his studies, he participated in a number of study visits abroad and successfully passed broker exams. In 2001, the B. I. G. agency awarded him for the accuracy of his forecasts. In 2005, the weekly Týden named him the most quoted Czech analyst in the media.

From 2000 to 2006, Mr Pikora worked as the chief economist in Volksbank. Since 2006 he has been the chief economist in Next Finance, s.r.o., consulting company, where he acts as the CEO and a partner. He has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Czech Export Bank (Česká komerční banka) since 2015.

He is married to Markéta Šichtařová, who is also an economist and the founder of Next Finance. They have 4 children. Together, they have advised on, among other things, the 2011 pension reform and its eventual impacts on people.

Šichtařová and Pikora won the 2015 Magnesia Litera Award for their book, Lumpové a beránci.[2]

Publications

  • Všechno je jinak aneb Co nám neřekli o důchodech, euru a budoucnosti [Everything Is Different or What They Haven't Told Us About Pensions, the Euro and the Future], Praha: Grada (2011), ISBN 978-80-247-4207-6; co-authored by Markéta Šichtařová.
  • Nahá pravda aneb Co nám neřekli o našich penězích a budoucnosti [The Naked Truth or What They Haven't Told Us About Our Money and Our Future], Praha : NF Distribuce (2012), ISBN 978-80-260-2811-6; co-authored by Markéta Šichtařová.
  • Lumpové a beránci [The Villains and The Lambs], Praha: NF Distribuce (2014), ISBN 978-80-905564-1-6; co-authored Markéta Šichtařová.

References

  1. "Next Finance Analyst Team – chief representatives | Next Finance". www.nextfinance.cz. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  2. "Lumpové a beránci". Magnesia Litera (in Czech). Retrieved 2019-05-23.
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